| 100% | MIGHTYMOUSE | 11 | Rodent superhero who sings "Here I come to save the day!": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MIGHTY | 6 | "Here He Comes to Save the Day" __ Mouse |
| 41% | HEREI | 5 | “— come to save the day!” |
| 39% | REGINABELLE | 11 | "Baby Come to Me" singer who collaborated with 44-Across on the R&B hits "Without You" and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ORNOT | 5 | "Ready ___, here I come!": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ORNOT | 5 | "Ready __, here I come!": 2 wds. |
| 36% | BINGCROSBY | 10 | Crooner who sings "I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For" in the Thanksgiving scene of 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TONYBENNETT | 11 | Crooner who sang a duet with Lady Gaga on the standard "Cheek to Cheek" at the 2015 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONA | 3 | "We're ___ mission to save the world!": 2 wds. |
| 34% | RUE | 3 | "I ___ the day I came here!" (regret) |
| 33% | GLEN | 4 | Campbell who sang "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" |
| 33% | MERCER | 6 | Mabel who sang "Fly Me to the Moon" |
| 33% | ORNOT | 5 | "Ready ___, here I come!" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | BLUEBEETLE | 10 | DC Comics superhero who is the alter ego of 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PAULRODGERS | 11 | Bad Company vocalist who sang with Queen from 2004 to 2009: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JASONALDEAN | 11 | Nashville star who sang the 2011 #1 song "Dirt Road Anthem": 2 wds. |
| 33% | WILLIE | 6 | With 32-Across, country legend who sang "On the Road Again": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | Folk singer who sang the 1974 hit "Big Yellow Taxi": 2 wds. |
| 32% | GINGERROGERS | 12 | Actress who sings the title song with co-star Cornel Wilde in the 1947 film "It Had to Be You" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ALIFE | 5 | "How to Save ___," song by The Fray: 2 wds. |
| 32% | FAITHHILL | 9 | "Breathe" country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2000 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | Actor who sang "You Always Hurt the One You Love" in a movie: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | WHITEKNIGHT | 11 | One rushing in to save the day |
| 31% | CHRISSTAPLETON | 14 | "Tennessee Whiskey" country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2023 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 31% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | "Stronger" singer who sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at the 2013 presidential inauguration: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BEAHERO | 7 | Save the day (3 wds.) |
| 31% | ALIFE | 5 | "How to Save ___" (2005 song by the Fray): 2 wds. |
| 31% | BALLGAME | 8 | "Take Me Out to the ___" (seventh-inning song): 2 wds. |
| 31% | LUKEBRYAN | 9 | "Play It Again" country singer who sang the National Anthem at the 2017 Super Bowl: 2 wds. |